Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-30
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the paving of Main street between
Fourth and Fifth streets, adopted.
Recommended that steps be taken
in regard to the construction of a new
bridge over the river at Downey ave-
nue., rs the old structure is expensive
to maintain, adopted.
Recommended that the petition OF
the Central Railroad Company for a
franchise over Daily from Hoff street
to Grandin street, be granted. Laid
over for one week, so that new bonds
may be prepared.
A resolution establishing the grade
of Montrose street was read and
adopted.
THE CHINESE QUARTERS.
The Board of Health and Police
Commissioners, to which committees
| the mstter of the Chinese quarters
was referred, reported as follows
through DR.. M, Hagan: cat your
request have made visit TO the
grounds proposed for the new Chinese
quarters and have examined the arch
itects' plans for the buildings. The
grounds are located about 800 feet east
| OF Alameda street, bounded on the
| west bv property Of Hellman 4 Haas,
ON the south by the rear end OF lots
| on Sepulveda street, ON the north by
the rear end of lots on Ducommun
street, and on the east by Lafayette
street, containing an area OF land 453
feet long by $50 feet wide. The arch
itect has planned to erect hereon some
sixty building composed of brich, each
building to be 1Sx3S feet and two stories
high. According to the architects
plans the buildings are to front to a
court in the center, the rear OF the
buildings to the rear of lots on Sepul-
| yeda and Ducommun streets. These
buildings are all to be supplied with
water and gas, and thorough sewer
system throughout connecting with the
| Alameda-street sewer. Water closets to
be of the best pattern and all sinks lined
| with porcelain. The rear yards to be
paved with asphaltum and the cutters
connected with sewers. The sidewalks
and court to be paved with cement and
gravel. Ii the above plans are carried
out it will be difficult to see in them
any failure to meet the requirements
of sanitary law. There will be no rea-
son, with such an arrangement, why
nuisance of filth should be main
tained on the premises.
The following communication was
represented to have been sent to the
owners of the property:
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. "a, 1887.
Messrs. HeHman, Haas d, Co.:
GENTLEMEN-At joint meeting OF
the memb bers of the Board Of Health
and Police Commissioners of the city
of Los Angeles, held to-day, the un-
dersigned were appointed a committee
to confer with you in regard to the
contemplated erection of number OF
buildings ON property owned by you,
on Labory lane, in said city, and to be
occupied by Chinese under lease OF
said buildings, for number of years,
to Col. Bee, the Chinese Consul.
Largely interested as we know you
are, in both real and personal property
in this city, and feeling as you do an
abiding interest in its permanent pros
perity, we are confident you would not
Intentionally do anything to retard its
growth. That We can only judge the
future by the past is a truism that
cannot be questioned, and if We are to
be guided by this rule in determining
what the consequences are to be of
permitting large numbers of this race
Of people to congregate in any one
locality and live in the manner pecu-
liar to them, the conclusion is appar-
ent to all fair-minded and right-think-
ing people that the consequences will
be detrimental to the future prosper
ity of the city. These people are not
Objectionable because OF their color or
their nationality, but because their
habits are filthy, their standard Of
morality of the lowest order, their
manner of living breeds disease and
their sense of the obligation due from
the citizen to the government under
which he lives is 80 at variance with
ours as to preclude the hope that he
can ever be made a desirable or
useful citizen. They never have and
never will feel any attachment for our
form Of government, and hence are
Indifferent to whatever may affect it.
1t is also fact, that whenever and
wherever these people congregate in
any one locality, in any considerable
numbers, that the value of real prop
erty in the vicinity is very greatly
diminished.
But the habits, mode of living, and
criminal character of these people are
so we'll known and SO repulsive to
every other race. of people, that we
deem it unnecessary to multiply rea-
sons why they should not be per-
mitted to be huddled together in our
midst, as they have been in the past.
To guard against the evils flowing
from such state of things, it would
be the duty of the proper authorities
to adopt such sanitary and other reg
ulations as are necessary to prevent it,
Acting as the representatives of the
Council, We hope you will reconsider
your determination to erect the build
ings for that purpose and we feel au-
thorized to say that such action on
your part would meet the hearty ap-
proval of the people of this city, and
materially conduce to the health and
quiet of those living in the vicinity
referred to.
Respectfully,
J. FRANKENFELD.
j. G. DAILY.
In answer to the above Hellman,
Haas Il Co. invited the Council to
visit the grounds and inspect the
same. On motion of Mr.. Jones it was
decided that the Council visit the
place on Thursday morning.
Notices of intention to establish the
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